Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-02
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10 my surprise Carriston fatty objected
TO this course. NO. he said. Il shall not
60 to the police. Tho man who took her
away has placed hor whore no police can
And her. must find her myself"
Find her yoursolfl Why, il may he
inonths-years-betore you do that! Good
heavens Carriston! She may be murdered,
or worSe-n
II shall know if any further evil happens
to her-then shall kill Ralph Carriston.n
but YOU tell me you have no Glow what
ever to trace her by. Do talk plainly. Tell
me all or nothing
CarristoD smiled worry family. mo clew
that you. at any rate, viii believe i'm he
said. But ! know this much, she is a pris-
oncr somewhere. She is unhappy, but not
as yet, ill-troated. Heavens! Do YOU think
if did not know this | should keep INV
senses for an hourEn
GLOW can you possibly know itp
by that gft-that extra sense, or what
ever 1t is-which you deride | knew it
would come to me some day, but | little
thought how should welcome it. l know
that in somo way / shall find her b. it. /
tell YOU l have already seen her three times.
may see her again AT any moment when
the stlang &c fl comes over me.n
All this fantastic nonsense was snolyen On
simply AM with such an air OF conviction
that once more my suspicious as 90 the state
OF his mind were aroused. In spite of tho
brave ans wers which ] had given Mr.. Ralph
Carrlston | felt that comnOn-sense was un-
deniably on his side
ell me what YOU mean By your strange
lit" said, resolved TO fin out Tia, nature
OF Carristons fancies or Authorizations as
1t kind Of trance You fall intop
He seemed lcath TO give any information
On the subject, but pressed him for au an
swer.
YES" he said At last. at must b, kind
OF trance. An inl,scribablc feeling coma;
over me- know tina. my eyes are fixed on
some object presently that object vanishss.
and see Madeline
"how d2 yen see harF
'Shc seems 20 stand in blurred circle Of
Light as cast by magic lantern. That is
the only way that / can describe IT, But hor
figure is plain and ccar-she MIGHT io clo,a
To me- The carpet ON which she stands
can see, the chair on which she sits. the table
on which she leans her hand, anything she
touches | can SEE; but no more. have seen
her talking. knew she was entreating
some one, bat mat some one was mvIslDle
Yet, if sic touched that person, the virtue of
her touch would enalae me T. 500 him.
SO Tar rs / could see, Carris,on', caSe an
peared 40 he one Of overwrought cr unduiv
stimulated imag nation. His rad AWAY,
considered o. b. mind OF the most peculiar
construction Ia LIS present stat, Of love.
grief, ami suspense these hallucination.
might come in the same way in which
dreams come. For a little while / sat in
silence considering how / could best comla;
with AMI dBpal his remarkable delusions.
Before had arrived at any decision / was
called away 20 sel patient / was bat
short time engaged. Then ] returned t.
Garrison, intending TO continue my ia
quiries.
Upon re-entering the room found him sit.
ting as Lad left him-dircctly opposite t.
the door. bis face was turned fully toward
me, ana trcnbled rs / caught sight of il.
lie was leaning forward, his hand on the
table cloth, Lis whole frame rigid his eyes
staring IA cfe direction, yet, / knew, capa-
bic of seeing nothing that l could see. He
seemed even Ohlivious t. sound, for ! entered
the room AMI clos a the door behind me
without causing him to change look or posi-
ton The moment l saw the man knew
that he had been overtaken by what he
called bis strange fit.
My first impulso-a natural one-was TO
arouse him, but second thoughts told me that
this was an opportunity for studying his dis
ease which should not be LOST felt that
h
SO proceeded - make q systematic cxamin-
alton of his symptoms
/ leaned acros, the table. and. with nv
face about 4 foot from his. looked straight
into his eyes. They betrayed no sign Of rec
ocnit.on-no knowledge Of nay ~csencc.
am ashamed 90 say l could not divest N.Y.
self OF the impression that they were looking
through me. The pupils wore greatly Ii
lated. The ids were wide apart. lighted
a taper aal held it before them, but
could see no expansion of tho iris 1t was
case. confess, entirely beyond my compre-
hen- n. had no experience which might
serve as a guide rs to what was the b st
course to adopt. AL / could do was TO stand
and watch carefully for any change.
Save icr lis regular breathing and q sort
OF convusivc twltchins of his fingers, Car
riston might nave been a corpse or a $ atue.
His face could scarcely grow paler than it
had been before tn attack. Altogether,
It was an uncomfortable sight--a creepy
sight-this motionless man, tterly regard
less of ali that went ca around him. and
seeing, OF giving one inc lloa that he saw,
something far away. / sighed Us / looked at
the strange spectacle, and foresaw what the
end must surely be- But although longed
for him 20 awake, ! determined on this oc-
casion 70 let the trance, or fit, run its full
course, that might nOtlce In what manner
and how soon consciousness returned.
must have waited and watched some ten
minutes-minutei which seemed TO Inc inter
mnable. At last | saw the lips culver, th3
lids flicker once or twice, and eventually
close YEARLY over the eyes. The unnatural
tension fovery muscle seemed to relax, and
signing deeply, and apparently quite ex-
Lausted CarristOn sanS back into his chair,
with beads Of preparation forming his
whit brow The fit was over
Ia moment / was at his side and forcing
n glass of wine down his throat. H. looked
up at me aad spoke. His voice was faint,
but his words were quite collected
II have seen her again, he said. "She is
well. but so unhappy saw her kneel down
and pray. She stretched her beautiful arms
out to me. And yet | know not whore to
look for her my poor Lowell my poor lover
/ waited until / thought he had sufficiently
recovered from his exhaustion 90 talk with
out injurious consequences. OuTIEUOn," 1
said, 'let me ask you one question: are
these frances or visions voluntary, or notf
lie reflected for a few moments. IL can't